Chai Rachwat (Thai: ชัย ราชวัตร); June 2, 1941) is the pen name of Somchai Katanyutanan, the famous Thai cartoonist which has a renown work (Thai: ผู้ใหญ่มากับทุ่งหมาเมิน). It is a daily cartoon published on Thairath newspaper.
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Biography
Chai Rachwat real name is Somchai Katanyutanan (Thai: สมชัย กตัญญุตานันท์). He was born from Chinese family in Ubon Ratchathani province in 19 June 1941. He was graduated from Benchama Maharat School which later continued study at Bangkok Business College (Thai: โรงเรียนกรุงเทพการบัญชี) because he wanted to work at the bank. After he was graduated, he worked at Bank of Ayudhya. Not so long after he worked at the bank, he then resign from the work due to tiresomeness. Chai had an unusual path that led him to political cartoons. As a boy, he seemed like a perfect prospect to become a political cartoonist, because he had an interest in both politics and drawing cartoons.
Printing industry
Chai Ratchawat begins his career in art department for Sport magazine name "The game" and start writing about political after the event in October 6, 1976. For the magazine he works for is Thongchai and (Thai: หนังสือมหาราษฎร์. His first comic about political was (Thai: ใครจะเอากระพรวนไปแขวนคอแมว). And because of this Chai has to move to Los Angeles and America for 2 years and back to Thailand and keep drawing and also write a story name (Thai: "ผู้ใหญ่มากับทุ่งหมาเมิน"in daily newspapers (Thai: เดลินิวส์) 0 and(Thai: ไทยรัฐ).
Political Role
That was a report that PDRC support Chai to become a committee of for people foundation or (Thai: มูลนิธิมวลมหาประชาชน) and the objective of this foundation is to help people who is a victim in the (Thai: การชุมนุมทางการเมือง) and for collecting money to reform the country.